Sensory language is language that appeals to the 5 senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch). This means the writer writes SO DESCRIPTIVELY that the reader can imagine what the writer is trying to say. The reader can PICTURE it in his or her mind.
An example of sensory language from "The Cremation of Sam McGee":
"Talk of your cold! through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail.
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see..."
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see..."
YOUR HOMEWORK THIS WEEK:
Pretend you are going to write a narrative about a day at school.
Add sensory details to each of the following sentences to create a new paragraph full of IMAGERY.
Due: Friday, 11/8
It was a cold Halloween day.
Students ate a lot of candy.
Everyone was happy.
The students were excited to spend their talon tickets.
The final bell rang to go home.